Note: Professor Skeat thinks " the lither sky" as found in Shakespeare's Henry VI.
But home then came that lither lad, And did off his hose and shoon.
But up then rose thatlither lad, And did on hose and shoon; A collar he cast upon his neck, He seemed a gentleman.
And he pull’d out his bright brown sword, And dried it on his sleeve, And he smote off that lither lad’s head, And asked no man no leave.
He set the sword’s point till his breast, The pommel till a stone; Thorough that falseness of that lither lad These three lives were all gone.
And he pulled out his bright brown sword, And dried it on his sleeve, And he smote off that lither lads head, And asked no man no leave.
He set the sword's point til his breast, The pummel till a stone: Through that falseness of that lither lad, These three lives were all gone.
But home then came that lither lad, And did off his hose and shoon; And cast that collar from about his neck: He was but a churles son.
And he puld out his bright browne sword, And dryed it on his sleeue, And he smote off that lither ladds head, And asked noe man noe leaue.
He sett the swords poynt till his brest, The pumill till a stone; Thorrow that falsenese of that lither ladd These three liues werne all gone.
But vpp then rose that lither ladd, And did on hose and shoone; A coller he cast vpon his necke, Hee seemed a gentleman.
He sett the swords poynt till his brest, The pummil untill a stone:[136] Throw the falsenesse of that lither ladd, These three lives werne all gone.
And he puld out his bright browne sword, And dryed it on his sleeve, And he smote off that lither ladds head, 95 Who did his ladye grieve.
O then it was your lither foot-page,[125] He hath beguiled mee.
He sett the swords poynt till his brest, The pummil untill a stone: Throw the falsenesse of that lither ladd, These three lives werne all gone.
But up then rose that lither ladd, And hose and shoone did on; A coller he cast upon his necke, 35 Hee seemed a gentleman.
Oh, it's I will guard your two lither lads, In their burgh beside the sea, And it's I will prove true man to them If they will prove true to me.
But it's you must warn your twolither lads, And warn them bitterly, That if I shall find them two false Kaisers, High hanged they both shall be.
XXII He set the sword’s point till his breast, The pommel till a stone; Through the falseness of that lither lad These three lives wern all gone.
XXI And he pull’d out his bright brown sword, And dried it on his sleeve, And he smote off that lither lad’s head And ask’d no man no leave.
The parson of Lutterworth, Sir John de Wycliffe--" "The lither heretic!
Next beyond this manor of Ely house is Lither lane, turning into the field.
Then higher is Lither lane, turning also to the field, lately replenished with houses built, and so to the bar.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "lither" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
